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• SkyfireAI 筹集了 1100 万美元资金用于推进公共安全和国防无人机的 AI 驱动自主化，该消息于本周在 AI 投资热潮中宣布。 • 这笔资金将支持开发专为关键任务量身定制的自主无人机技术，使这家初创公司在具有高利害关系的国防应用领域占据一席之地。 • 继 Alphabet、Amazon、Microsoft 和 Meta 的 AI 支出带动科技巨头财报走强后，这反映了投资者对 AI 硬件集成的信心激增。

• SkyfireAI Inc., a US-based autonomous drone startup, raised $11 million in new funding to advance dual-use technology. • The investment targets AI autonomy for public safety, defense, and commercial drone applications. • This funding accelerates development amid rising demand for intelligent unmanned systems in critical sectors.

Corporation welcomes three-year settlement as it continues to push for government to take on all of service’s costsThe BBC World Service will be given increased government funding as part of a three-year deal after ministers concluded it was needed to counter the rise of global disinformation.The Guardian understands that Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary, has agreed an additional £11m a year for the next three years on the government’s grant to the service. Continue reading...